Information Analyst

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust; Nuneaton and Bedworth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is seeking an Information Analyst to support the Information and Performance Directorate with an accurate information service. The post holder will extract, analyse and report data to deadlines under minimal supervision, validate national data sets, and provide cover for colleagues when needed.

The role focuses on data quality, reporting, and Power BI improvements, with responsibilities across national and local submissions to support decision making and

Qualifications

• Formal training and mentorship to learn new skills and expand job portfolio.
• Updating protocols and training to reflect current NHS data practices.
• Understanding patient and information flows within the Trust.
• Knowledge of NHS data dictionary and data definitions and their application.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and produce national, local and internal reports on schedule.
• Perform data quality checks and verify parity across reports and sources.
• Raise non-submission issues with senior analysts and Operations.
• Collate data to populate Finance and Performance Executive packs.
• Prepare reports for the Foundation Group Board Deep Dives.
• Support data quality, reporting, and Power BI visualisation improvements.

Skills

Power BI

Excel

Access

SQL Server

Patient information systems

Tools

SQL Server

Excel

PAS (Patient Administration System)

Job description

**PLEASE NOTE: This role is not eligible for current or future visa sponsorship**

Information Analyst

37.5 hours per week

Fixed term for 12 months (Secondment Cover)

**This post may close early due tohigh numbers of applications,so you are advised to apply promptly. **

All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces Community - get in touch to find out more

Main duties of the job

To support the Information and Performance Directorate in providing an accurate and efficient information service for the trust. The post holder is required to extract, analyse and report information to agreed deadlines under minimal supervision. To process and validate national data sets and investigate data quality issues. To provide support and cover for colleagues where necessary.

About us

Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

If you are applying for a Domestic Assistant or Health Care Assistant role you may be eligible for the refer a friend scheme - find out more here: https://www.geh.nhs.uk/about-us/people-and-workforce/vacancies/refer-friend-scheme

Job responsibilities

• Prepare and produce all national, local and internal report / submissions according to the timetable / deadline in line with the Directorates or other as required.
• Undertake data quality and reasonable checks on all reports / outgoings at the point of preparation/production - triangulating with other reports, checking with previous reports to ensuring parity of numbers, investigation large swings or abnormal values and reporting findings to the Senior Information Analyst for raising with Operations Team, taking corrective action at source.
• Raise any non-submission issues with the Senior Information Analyst (and Corporate Senior Information Analyst)
• Collating data to populate the Finance and Performance Executive (FPE) packs.
• Prepares and produces reports for the Foundation Group Board (FGB) Deep Dives.
• Ensure Data Quality is maximised throughout all information shared
• Support the Senior Information Analyst with report streamlining, effective reporting, report visualisation, Power BI.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person Specification

Experience and Knowledge

• To process commissioning data sets, statutory returns, and standard reports.
• To deal with enquiries and take appropriate action.
• To discuss complex information requests and translate them into reporting requirements.
• To ensure reporting is clear, concise and well presented so that the audience understands the message.
• To liaise with other members of the department to ensure daily business outcomes are achieved.

Qualification(s) and Professional Training

• To receive informal training through mentorship and shadowing to learn new skills, increase knowledge and expand job portfolio.
• To ensure a constant updating of skills including updating protocols and training.
• To understand patient and information flows.
• To understand operational issues in the Trust and external stakeholder bodies
• To have good computer skills particularly with Microsoft Office products such as Access and Excel; knowledge of other applications such as SQL Server, and patient information systems
• To have knowledge of the NHS data dictionary and data definitions and how to apply them.

Skills and Abilities

• To ensure information is processed and analysed within designated timescales.
• To be methodical and pay attention to detail to ensure accuracy of any information.
• To have good analytical and problem solving skills to ensure information requests are produced from appropriate sources.
• To identify and amend data errors as appropriate on the Trust's data repositories.
• To apply national or local data definitions when collecting or reporting information to ensure consistency.
• To apply judgment when identifying and checking patient records for incorrect data on PAS to improve data quality.

Personal Qualities

• To receive informal training through mentorship and shadowing to learn new skills, increase knowledge and expand job portfolio.
• To ensure a constant updating of skills including updating protocols and training.
• To understand patient and information flows.
• To understand operational issues in the Trust and external stakeholder bodies

Trust Values

• Excellence and safety in all that we do
• Challenge but support
• Expect respect and dignity
• Local healthcare that inspires confidence

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.